General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. The company has four main business segments: Marine Systems, Combat Systems, Information Systems and Technology, and Aerospace. The company's former Fort Worth Division manufactured the F-16, the most-produced Western jet fighter, but that subsidiary was sold to Lockheed in 1993. GD re-entered the airframe business in 2001 with their purchase of Gulfstream Aerospace.

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“This is a great victory for General Dynamics, for Pittsfield and for the Commonwealth. Senator Kerry and Mayor Ruberto were strong allies, and the Obama Administration came through once again for jobs and opportunity.”

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Also, investors can expect to hear Tuesday about Smith & Wesson's partnership with defense giant General Dynamics and their effort to win the upcoming Pentagon contract for U.S. military handguns.
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...ision Plastics, Inc. of Deep River, Connecticut, for $22.8 million.
For 2016, Smith & Wesson is working with General Dynamics on a proposal to supply handguns to the U.S. armed forces through a huge Pentagon contract.
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...l-caliber munitions; and is a leader and makes lightweight tactical vehicles, weapons and armament systems.
General Dynamics has a facility in Pittsfield working on small combat vessels for the Navy.
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...s Commission, and the federal government.
In addition, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a unit of Virginia-based General Dynamics, has completed a $23 million expansion, which led to the creation of more than 100 new jobs. ...
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...om one place to another creates greater efficiencies and greater opportunity," Neal said. Besides Gulfstream, General Dynamics also has 500 workers in Pittsfield working on projects for the Navy. Gulfstream has had a mai...
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... at George Mason University in Virginia. Most of those lost jobs would be at defense contractors ranging from General Dynamics to local machine shops that make gun and aircraft parts. Neal said he’s frustrated because th...
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... workers to its staff of 310. In Pittsfield, General Dynamics plans to add 100 workers to its staff of 1,166. General Dynamics uses its Pittsfield facility to make components for a new class of Navy warships designed to ...
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...itary, aerospace, and defense, and the contracts we want to get are for the big prime contractors — Hamilton, General Dynamics, and the whole UTC family — we needed to make sure that our quality standards were up to...
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On Friday, October 7, 2011, officials from Gulfstream Aerospace, a division of General Dynamics, announced that they have chosen Barnes Municipal Airport in Westfield as the new site for a ...
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...eeting. Nine votes from the 13-member City Council are needed for passage Thursday. Gulfstream, a division of General Dynamics which has operated adjacent to the airport for several years, is considering expansion here o...
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...ates, every five years. The lease, along with a property tax incentive package for Gulfstream, a division of General Dynamics, will go before the City Council for approval next week. Gulfstream representatives will join...
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...t. 14 to consider details of a property tax incentive package designed to encourage Gulfstream, a division of General Dynamics, to build a $20 million corporate jet service center and create an estimated 100 new jobs. At...
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...officials are negotiating a property tax incentive package in an effort to convince Gulfstream, a division of General Dynamics, to expand its operations here to include a new $20 million service center for its newest mod...
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...her half split between Massachusetts and outside of Massachusetts, General Dynamics said in the announcement. General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) added 108 new employees at its Pittsfield facility in the first 100 days of t...
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